Lycee Francais International Charles de Gaulle

ADMISSION CRITERIA

The Lycée Français International de Pékin is a member of the Agence pour l’Enseignement Français à l’Etranger (AEFE) network, and therefore provides priority and legal education to students of French nationality, students from a French school in the AEFE network or under contract with the Ministry of National Education.

The school is also a school recognized by the Chinese authorities as a foreign school for children of non-Chinese nationality. In accordance with the regulations of the Beijing/ Chaoyang Education Commission (BEC/CYEC), LFIP welcomes children holding a foreign passport, as well as Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan. Students holding a passport of PRC and a long-term foreign residence permit, need an approval from Heads of school, under supervision of CYEC.

The LFIP provides schooling for students from the age of 3. At the beginning of the school year in September, the school will be able to accommodate students born between 1 January and 31 December in the Petite Section class.

For certain levels, a proficiency in French is required to enroll at LFIP. From CP to Terminale, French-speaking students who do not come from the French education system (AEFE, MEN) will have to take a placement test in French and mathematics.

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Please contact the registration department for more information.

• Registration for the school year are open from Monday 20 March at 18:00 (Beijing time).
• Complete and submit online application form: Click to register online.
• Admissions and pedagogical assess your application
• Regarding students Non-French speakers ONLY: parents interview with school director
• Heads of school approve the application
• Pay the registration fees to secure your enrollment

Documents to Provide

For everyone:

• Copy of the passports of the legal guardians, with a copy of the residence permit (exclusively for non-Chinese).
• Copy of the foreign student’s passport, with a copy of the residence permit.

For families who are not residents in China at the time of application:

• Proof of employment in Beijing (copies of Chinese visas/Chinese residence permits are to be provided upon arrival in China).
• Copy of the family record book or birth certificate.
• School records: report cards from the previous school year and the first two quarters of the current year.
• Copy of the vaccination record (pages for Diphtheria Tetanus Polio vaccinations).
• Registration contract (available for download at the end of the online registration form)

Motivation letter for specific sections, written in French or English by the parents:

• From Preschool to year 5, in case of admission request to the international sections (British or Chinese).

From year 1 to year 3, beginners in French can join the Flesco section. An interview with the school administration is planned to assess the coherence of the family project and its alignment with the expectations and values of the French School.

From year 4 to year 12, new non-French-speaking students must provide a DELF or DALF certificate justifying a minimum level of French:

• Year 4 and year 5: DELF A2
• Year 6 and year 7: DELF B1
• Year 8: DELF B1 with a minimum score of 80/100
• Year 9: DELF B2
• High School: DALF C1

Parents will be directed to the Alliance française for the French proficiency evaluation process.

From year 1 to year 12, French-speaking students who do not come from the French education system (AEFE, MEN) will have to take a placement test in French and mathematics.